X member change??

hi all im thinking im thinking of putting a new x member on the back door on my disco 1 is it a big job??

no way as no one changed one . come on

i cannot see it being any harder than doing a defender on

what about the door does it have to come off as it might miss shape the door frame

iannotts said:

i cannot see it being any harder than doing a defender on

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think he is refering to the body x-member, not the chassis one. time consuming but not difficult. chassis crossmember is even easier the defender! did my chassis crossmember after a hefty whack on the towbar made it all smiley!!

discopaul said:

no way as no one changed one . come on

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I came close, I wouldn't recommend changing the whole crossmember (can you even buy a complete one) When mine was rotten I took the bumper off & cut the top of the cross member between the door posts and then did the same with the under side of it and slid a length of 80x40 steel box section into the opening & welded new body mounts onto it. I did intend to weld the crossmember to the new box section, but me fooking welder packed up after half a doz tack welds. So I pop riveted the fooker in place held it together until I could flog it to some fat brummy tw*t..

yeah, you can get complete rear x-members for discos with body mounts etc.

I shirked it before and just plated and put on new body mounts....looks like a pain in the arse to do the whole thing
What is the situation that leads you to need to replace it?

The body mounts are rotted away and its due an MOT so it need doing